We hope that the long darkness through which the Burmese people have lived may now be coming to an end.

It was inevitable the Titanic was going to set sail, but that doesn't mean it was a good idea to be on it.

We are not directly involved in Syria. But we will be working with our partners in the European Union and at the United Nations to see if we can persuade the Syrian authorities to go, as I say, more in that direction of respect for democracy and human rights.

Time is not on Gaddafi's side. People ask about the exit strategy. It's Colonel Gaddafi who needs an exit strategy because this pressure will only mount and it will be intensified over the coming days and weeks.

I think Britain would be alright, if only we had a different Government.

Wouldn't it be better to have a watertight law designed to catch the guilty, rather than a press release law designed to catch the headlines?

In my view what you can't argue for is a system that is neither decisive nor proportional and can be indecisive and disproportionate at the same time.